Tornado Strikes New York City...

... in Queens.

A tornado touched down in the New York City borough of Queens this morning, pulling down power lines, throwing around cars and damaging property.

The National Weather Service said in a preliminary report that a tornado may have hit Breezy Point, a neighborhood on the Rockaway Peninsula of Queens.

Tornadoes are extremely rare in the largest and most densely populated U.S. city.

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